Skate



H. G. MACWILLIAM.

SKATE.

APPLICATlON FILED APR.15. I9l9.

1,316,251, Patented Sept. 16, 1919.

INVENTOR HUGH G. MACWILJJAM COL Mal/@1- ATTORNEY THB COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPHco, WASHINGTON, n. c.

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. Specification of LettersPatent. Patented Sept. 16,1919.

Application filed April 15, 1919. Serial No. 290,151.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HUGH G. MAowrL- LIAM, a subject of the King ofEngland, residing at city of New Rochelle, State of New York, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Skates, of which the folwearerwithout removing his ordinary shoes.

Further objects appear from the specification, and my inventionparticularly consists in the construction, combination, and arrangementof parts herein described, illustrated, and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, for purposes of illustration, I haveshown, as a preferred embodiment, the invention as applied to a skate.

Referring to the figure of the drawing, 1 designates the blade of theskate, to which is secured in the usual manner a toe plate 2 to whichmay be secured a heavy piece of leather or other suitable substance 3,carrying parts made up of lighter sheets of leather 4: and a strapmember 5 or other suitable fastening for holding the toe part of thefoot down upon the skate.

In the rear part of the blade there are provided slots 6 and 7 passingthrough the metal of the blade transversely, and so as to permitlongitudinal movement of a pin passing through the slot. The heel plate8 of the skate is provided with a pair of angular members 9 arranged soas to pass one on each side of the blade 1, and to fit closely to theblade. The members 9 are fastened together by pins 10, some of whichpins 10 pass through the slots 6 and 7 and which pins 10 are riveted tohold them in place, and to maintain the angular portions 9 in properspaced relationship.

At the forward end of the heel plate 8, or the angular members 9attached to and forming part thereof, there is secured means for drawingthe heel plate toward the toe plate comprising sockets 11, the onefastened to the heel plate and the other fastened to the toe plate, anda right and left hand screw 12 working in these sockets so as to drawthem together, or spread them apart according to the direction in whichthe screw 12 is turned.

To the heel plate 8' there is preferably secured a heavy piece ofleather or similar material 13 which carries means such as the strap 14for holding the skate to the heel of the shoe, and may be provided witha part 15 simllar to the upper part of a shoe, which may be laced overthe shoe.

l he portion 16 is preferably made quite stiff so that when the heelplate is drawn forward and downward by the action of the right and lefthand screw 12 and the pins 10 in the slots 6 and 7 this portion tends toforce the shoe into the toe portion and hold it securely in place.

The rearmost slot 6 is preferably made substantially horizontal, so thatmotion of the pin in this slot is substantially forward and backward;but the slot 7 is preferably made with its forward part horizontal, andwith its after part curved upward, so that as the heel plate is pushedback and the pins 10 move backward in the slots 6 and 7, the forwardpart of the heel plate is raised up, throwing the contrivance forfastening the heel backward so as to allow more room for inserting thefoot.

After the toe of the foot has been poked in place under the part 4, theheel is pressed down in place, and the screw 12 is thereupon turned, soas to draw the heel plate toward the toe plate, whereupon the action ofthe sides of the slot upon the forward pin 10 is such as to draw theforward part of the heel plate down as the heel plate as a whole isdrawn forward, thus clamping the foot firmly in place upon the plate.

Having now described my invention, I claim and desire. to secure byUnited States Letters Patent:

1. Means for clamping a skate comprising a blade having downwardly andforwardly guiding slots formed therein, a heel plate slidable on saidblade, parts on said heel plate and passing through said slots, andmeans for drawing said heel plate forward.

2. Means for clamping a skate comprising a blade, a heel plate slidableon said blade, and means for drawing said heel plate forward, the saidblade having slots and said heel plate having parts engaging said slots,said slots being arranged to guide the forward end of said heel platedownward as it is drawn forward.

8. Means for clamping a skate comprising a blade, a toe plate, a heelplate, one of said plates being slidable upon the blade, the bladehavin-ggniding slotsformed therein, said slidahle plate having partsengaging said slots, and means for moving said heel and toe platestoward and away from each other, saidslots being arranged to guide oneend of said slidable plate downward as the plates are drawn toward eachother.

4-. Means for clamping a skate comprising a blade, a toe plate, a heelplate, one of said plates being slidable on the blade, a stiff soleand-heel-pieee attaehed to the toe and heel plates respectively, andmeans including toe and heel abutments to firmly engage the regular shoeof the wearer.

"Intestimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

HUGH G. MACWILLIAM.

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